DocketNumber： 20160148
Filed Date： 12/5/2016
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 4/16/2017
Filed 12/5/16 by Clerk of Supreme Court
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Marcus Benjamin Peltier, Defendant and Appellant
No. 20160148
Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Cynthia Feland, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Ryan A. Keefe, Assistant State’s Attorney, Burleigh County Courthouse, 514 E. Thayer Ave., Bismarck, ND 58501, plaintiff and appellee; submitted on brief.
Thomas J. Glass, 418 E. Rosser Ave., Ste. 102, Bismarck, ND 58501; defendant and appellant; submitted on brief.
State v. Peltier
No. 20160148
Per Curiam.
[¶1] Marcus Peltier appeals a criminal judgment after a jury trial. He argues the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion for a mistrial. Peltier claims the State engaged in prosecutorial misconduct by using the word “felony” in its closing arguments. The State argues it was not prejudicial to use the word “felony” in its closing arguments, because Peltier was charged with preventing arrest or discharge of other duties, and “felony” is an element of that crime. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4), concluding the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Peltier’s motion for a mistrial.
[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Lisa Fair McEvers
Daniel J. Crothers
Dale V. Sandstrom
Carol Ronning Kapsner